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<h2>disk_status</h2>
<p>The disk_status function gets the disk status.</p>
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DSTATUS disk_status (
  BYTE <em>Drive</em>     /* Physical drive number */
);
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<h4>Parameters</h4>
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<dt>Drive</dt>
<dd>Specifies the physical drive number to be tested.</dd>
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<h4>Return Values</h4>
<p>The disk status is returned in combinatin of following flags.</p>
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<dt>STA_NOINIT</dt>
<dd>Indicates that the disk drive has not been initialiezed. This flag is set on: power-on, disk removal and disk_initialize function failed, and cleared on: disk_initialize function succeeded.</dd>
<dt>STA_NODISK</dt>
<dd>Indicates that no medium in the drive. It is always cleared on fixed disk drive.</dd>
<dt>STA_PROTECTED</dt>
<dd>Indicates that the medium is write protected. It is always cleared on the drive that does not support write protect notch.</dd>
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